AMD 6800XT vs Nvidia RTX 3080





 Where AMD 6800XT is ahead:

1. 2.7% more FPS in 1440p
2. Hardware:
16GB RAM ( vs 10 GB RAM in 3080)
2250 MHz Boost Clock (vs 1700+ MHz in Nvidia) 
Thinner Process (7nm against 8nm)
3. Better Rendering performance in:
Longer Blender Rendering 
3DS Max
Energy
Medical
Siemens NX

Where Nvidia RTX 3080 is Ahead:

1. 6% more FPS in 4K
2. DLSS (Which is superior to Fidelity FX super resolution)
3. CUDA Support, most productivity softwares that depend on GPU is optimized for CUDA. 
4. Better driver ( Though AMD driver has improved a lot) 
5. Superior Ray Tracing


6. better for deep learning simulation
7. More features with Geforce Experience 
8. Better Encoder (NVENC)
9. Better for streaming 
10. Hardware:
More GPU cores ( 8704 vs 4608 in 6800XT)
More Bandwidth (760.3 GB/s vs 512 GB/s in 6800XT)
More TFLOPS in FP32 Performance
(29.77 vs 20.74 in 6800XT)
11. Better rendering performance in:
Shorter Blender Rendering 
Indigo Renderer 
CATIA
Creo
Maya
Solidworks 


More FPS with Nvidia Games(4K):
Watchdogs Legion
Death Stranding
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Shadow of Tomb Raider
Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Siege
F1 2020
Gear 5
Horizon Zero Dawn
Metro Exodus
Doom Eternal
Wolfestein: Young Blood
Hitman 2

More FPS with AMD Games(4k):
AC Odyssey
AC Valhalla
Dirt 5
World War Z
Resident Evil 3

I skipped two advantages of AMD, it's 50 USD cheaper and consumes 50 watt less. But, it's not concern as potential buyers are going to spend $700+ and they probably have a 850W+ PSU. 

Not this time, may be next year AMD can rip Nvidia off like Intel. Till then, favorite is RTX 3080..

References:
Linus Tech Tips
Hardware Unboxed 
Techpowerup

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